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The dinner table finally became quiet. Xu Dongcheng didn't mention business matters, and the assistants and project managers on both sides naturally didn't talk too much. Occasionally there was the sound of chopsticks touching tableware during the dinner.

Liucheng flavor is famous for its hot and sour flavor. After Zhou Jingtang had a few mouthfuls of the dish, he couldn't take it anymore. He hurt his stomach in the past few years, so he didn't like raw, cold, sour.He sipped the soup one after another, and unexpectedly found some familiarity from it.

He suddenly wanted to laugh, thinking that many years ago in Shen Qi's small rental house, the room was full of chili peppers accompanied by the smell of acetic acid, which made him cough so faintly that he held the door open. When he turned around, he saw Shen Qi holding a spoon in one hand and The appearance of the plate is obviously a picture of chickens flying and dogs jumping into a mess, and he felt a sense of tranquility in the years.

After eating a meal for more than half an hour, Xu Dongcheng originally wanted to have two drinks with Zhou Jingtang, but he gave up after being declined.

Going out of the box, Xu Dongcheng pointed to the pool table and said, "Didn't Mr. Zhou just say he wanted to try it? Come on, try it!"

Zhou Jingtang walked over with a smile, and the waiter next to him handed him the pole with discerning eyesight. He held the pole and weighed it, smiled and said: "I didn't play much in the years when I was ignorant, I'm afraid I haven't played it in ten years Touched."

When he was young, Zhou Jingtang was a frequent visitor to the chess and card room and billiard hall of the club in Liucheng, Jincheng. Later, he became fond of drag racing, so he seldom touched these things.

Zhou Jingtang loosened two buttons, threw the suit jacket to the assistant next to him, bent over, looked along the club, and said to Xu Dongcheng, "See if I can save some money for Mr. Xu."

Xu Dongcheng joked with a smile: "It's okay, the saving is mine, and the unconsciousness is my son's money."

Zhou Jingtang hit the ball quickly and hit it with one stroke. The movement was clean and neat. After getting up, the billiard balls on the table scattered, and they all went into the hole as if they had made an appointment.

The people in the company applauded, and Xu Dongcheng pretended to sigh and said, "Oh, it seems that my son won't be able to earn my money today."

Zhou Jingtang handed the pole to the waiter and said, "Say sorry to Mr. Ling for me."

When the group left the restaurant, the driver Xu Dongcheng had arranged in advance also came over, and he said, "Take Mr. Zhou home."

Zhou Jingtang asked: "Mr. Xu won't return to Xu Ye?"

"It's already afternoon," Xu Dongcheng said, "I won't go back to the company, I'll wait for my son to get off work together."

Zhou Jingtang didn't say any more, the driver started, and he suddenly thought to himself, this is the first time he sees someone who only loves his daughter, but never leaves his son.

It wasn't until Zhou Jingtang's car disappeared that Xu Dongcheng returned to the restaurant, and Shen Qi, Zhong Chenglin and Xu Xiaoxiao went downstairs.

As soon as Xu Xiaoxiao saw Xu Dongcheng, she came over with a smile and took his arm like a baby and asked, "Dad, why are you here? Could it be that you came to pick me up and brother?"

"It's a beautiful idea," Xu Dongcheng said, "It happened to be here with a client for inspection, and I invited him to come here for dinner."

"Have you eaten yet?" Shen Qi asked, "Do you need me to ask someone to arrange it now?"

Xu Dongcheng said: "I've already eaten, and I just sent it away. I thought it was getting late, and I'll wait for you to go back together."

Zhong Chenglin left beforehand, Xu Dongcheng's driver also came over, Xu Xiaoxiao and Xu Dongcheng sat in the back, and Shen Qi sat in front.

Xu Xiaoxiao is a girl who talks a lot, especially when she is next to Shen Qi, she always has endless conversations, from food to celebrities, she chatted all over, and unknowingly chatted with a handsome senior in the school.

Xu Dongcheng saw that his daughter was showing signs of nympho, and was afraid that she would like those boys who only had a face, so he quickly said: "You can't judge a person by appearance, you have to judge character, you have to judge ability. Can good looks be eaten? Wait for graduation and work." Yes, a lot of high-quality young people are waiting."

"Ghost letter," Xu Xiaoxiao made a face at her father, "After graduation and work, how can there be high-quality young people, they are all middle-aged men like you, Mediterranean, with a beer belly, I don't want it!"

After Xu Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she still wanted to be echoed, and asked Shen Qi: "Brother, do you think so?"

Before Shen Qi could speak, Xu Dongcheng refuted her: "Really? No! Now, the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead, and there are so many outstanding and capable young people! For example, the one who had dinner with me today is young and has not yet At thirty, to manage such a big company, to speak and do things without leaking, your father and I have to speak well in front of others, and we have no qualifications to rely on the old to sell the old!"

Xu Xiaoxiao pretended to be surprised: "So powerful?"

Xu Dongcheng said: "He is amazing."

"It must be ugly," Xu Xiaoxiao said.

Xu Dongcheng smiled and said, "Then you are really wrong. He is very handsome, and he is only a little short of your brother."

"A little worse than my brother?" Xu Xiaoxiao obviously didn't believe it, "Can it be just a little bit worse? My brother, my brother is the most handsome in the world, okay?"

Xu Dongcheng found it too tiring to talk to his daughter, but Xu Xiaoxiao had aroused his old father's reluctance to admit defeat. He suddenly thought that he also had a copy of Zhou Jingtang's information in his car, so he said, "Qiqi, you are here with me." Give me that information up front."

Shen Qi, who was nominated, became a little more sober. According to Xu Dongcheng's instructions, he took the documents from the storage place in front of the driver's master, and handed them to Xu Dongcheng behind without a second look.

Xu Dongcheng took the information, pointed to the photo and said to Xu Xiaoxiao: "Look for yourself, whether I have lied to you."

Xu Xiaoxiao wasn't interested in it at first, but after seeing the photo, she couldn't help but her eyes lit up, and when she received it, she looked at it carefully and said excitedly, "Dad, he's so much better than me in terms of aesthetics, he's so handsome, it's a good thing he has Temperament, dad, dad, my dad, look at me, look at your daughter, can you introduce me?"

Xu Dongcheng had a really good impression of Zhou Jingtang, and felt that he was indeed barely worthy of his daughter, and that he would take care of others when he was a little older.But he still said, "I'll think about it."

"Dad, think about it carefully. I'll wait for you."

Shen Qi leaned against the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest, while Xu Xiaoxiao who was behind started her chattering day again, chattering endlessly: "To tell the truth, from the first time I saw his photo, I already thought about our future engagement." The dress and the wedding venue, by the way, and the name of our child, Dad, look, his surname is Zhou, my surname is Xu, our future son will be called Zhou Xu, and our daughter can be called Zhou Xu... Ah, perfect!"

Shen Qi couldn't take it anymore, he moved his face out of the window, trying to distance the distance by another two centimeters.

But Xu Xiaoxiao obviously didn't let him go, and asked him: "Brother, do you have any opinions on the names of your future nephew and niece?"

Shen Qi had a headache and sighed: "No."

Xu Dongcheng couldn't take it anymore, so he said with a straight face, "Xu Xiaoxiao, no matter how much you talk, I'll throw you out."

When Xu Xiaoxiao returned home, she was still immersed in her fantasy, biting her chopsticks while eating dinner and laughing from time to time.

Xu Yang was horrified and asked, "Brother, did my sister take the wrong medicine today?"

Shen Qi was helpless, saying that he didn't know.

The next day, Shen Qi checked the finances all morning in Liucheng, and only came out of his office stretching at noon.

Shen Xi's office is on the third floor, and the interior of the restaurant is in a back-shaped structure. Standing at the stairs, he can see the scene downstairs.

There were several guests at the pool table on the second floor, and they seemed to be challenging for a hole-in-one. The boy in front seemed to have failed, and his friends were making fun of him.

Shen Qi looked at it for a while, and the waiter who came up from the stairwell said something more after seeing this: "The guest who came with Mr. Xu yesterday is a master, he scored a hole in one, and his movements were clean and neat."

Shen Qi smiled in response, but did not speak.

The waiter was busy with his own affairs, and when he walked away, he casually mentioned: "I didn't think billiards was good before, but after watching it yesterday, I thought it was so cool to play billiards."

Shen Qi thought of another handsome player who played billiards.

Xu Dongcheng got close to Zhou Jingtang that day, so Xu Ye and Heng Yi had built a bridge.At the end of the month, Hengyi sent invitations to all the building materials companies in Jincheng who were on the table. They will choose the cooperation partner of the wetland resort in the way of multiple companies offering conditions and competition at the same time.

When Xu Dongcheng received the news, he was not surprised. He hadn't naively thought that he could get such a large business order from Hengyi with a few pleasantries.But at least he could give Zhou Jingtang an impression of Xu Ye.

In the middle of the month, all the building materials companies gathered in Hengyi, and a war without gunpowder officially started. Everyone tried their best, and everyone relied on their own abilities.At the end of the competition, Xu Ye came out on top.

In the Hengyi Building, Zhou Jingtang extended his hand to Xu Dongcheng and said, "It's a happy cooperation, Mr. Xu."

"Xu Ye will not let you down, Mr. Zhou," Xu Dongcheng said.

Xu Dongcheng was in a good mood after the cooperation with Hengyi, and his face was full of joy for several days.

The development of the wetland resort is a slow project, and it is common to take three to five years. For Hengyi and Xu Ye, it is a long-term cooperation.Xu Dongcheng was in charge of this project in person, and he had a lot of contact with Hengyi, and he also got to know Zhou Jingtang a lot, so he was an acquaintance in the business field.

Fast forward to October, when Xu Dongcheng was socializing, he accidentally learned that Zhou Jingtang had stomach bleeding from drinking at the reception.He kept in mind that Xu Ye and Heng Yi had cooperated, so he naturally had to find an opportunity to get closer to Zhou Jingtang.

After returning, Xu Dongcheng ordered his assistant to buy some nutritional supplements and was going to visit Zhou Jingtang in the hospital.It suddenly occurred to him that Xu Xiaoxiao was still clamoring for him to introduce her to Zhou Jingtang these days, so he called Xu Xiaoxiao over and planned to take Xu Xiaoxiao there with him.

Xu Dongcheng said first: "When you go, you can pretend to be my assistant. Don't be an idiot. I can't afford to lose that person."

Xu Xiaoxiao repeatedly assured: "Don't worry, don't worry, I know, I'm an assistant!"

Xu Dongcheng and Xu Xiaoxiao went to the hospital, and met Shen Qi and Zhong Chenglin at the entrance of the hospital.

Zhong Chenglin explained: "Zhang Hao, he was hospitalized for appendicitis, and Qiqi and I came to see if he is dead. Uncle Xu and Xiaoxiao are..."

Xu Dongcheng said: "A business friend is hospitalized, let me express it."

The four entered the hospital together, which was also the inpatient department on the same floor, but Shen Qi and Zhong Chenglin walked to the left, and Xu Dongcheng led Xu Xiaoxiao to the right.

When Shen Qi and Zhong Chenglin went in, Zhang Hao was teasing the little nurse who was infusing the infusion, and the little nurse gave him a needle on purpose and left.

Zhang Hao smiled awkwardly and said, "This little girl is just holding grudges, and she's not cute at all."

When it was over, he added another sentence: "Our Qiqi is still cute."

Shen Qi was already used to Zhang Hao like this, so he didn't bother him, and quietly peeled an apple for him.

"Are you still a psychiatrist?" Zhong Chenglin said, "Your mouth will die sooner or later. Why didn't you offend the doctor who operated on you? Ask her to cut something else when she cuts your appendix."

Zhang Hao and Zhong Chenglin were best friends and bad friends, Shen Qi sat quietly and couldn't find anything to say.

After a while, Xu Xiaoxiao came over, and the smiling face enlarged as soon as he entered the door, and he gestured excitedly: "My dad doesn't lie to me, he is so handsome, but unfortunately he thinks I am ashamed, so I pay it, otherwise I must take a second look Seductive."

Zhong Chenglin laughed at her, and said: "You usually watch your brother at home, haven't you raised your eyes enough?"

Xu Xiaoxiao said: "That's different, Zhou Jingtang is my ideal type."

"hiss--"

Shen Qi was stunned, and the fruit knife in his hand suddenly cut forward an extra centimeter, and the pulp of his index finger was cut open, blood gushed out, and the sharp pain made him wake up a little bit.

"Why are you so careless?" Zhong Chenglin quickly took the gauze to bandage him, and only after touching Shen Qi's hand did he realize that he was shaking.

"What's wrong? Qiqi?" Zhong Chenglin asked him.

Shen Qi put the fruit knife and apples back into the fruit bowl in a daze, raised his head stiffly, looked at Xu Xiaoxiao and asked, "Who did you just say...?"

Xu Xiaoxiao was startled by Shen Qi's reaction, and it took a few seconds for her to react, and said, "Zhou...Zhou Jingtang."

Shen Xi couldn't believe it: "The person Uncle Xu mentioned is Zhou Jingtang?"

Xu Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yes, brother, don't you know? Dad didn't mention him a lot. He is Zhou Jingtang, the person in charge of Hengyi. Do you know him?"

do you know?

do you know it?

Shen Qi didn't dare to say that he knew each other, because there were too many people with the same name in the world, and he didn't know if the Zhou Jingtang Xu Xiaoxiao was talking about was the Zhou Jingtang he knew.For a moment, he was afraid of yes, but also faintly afraid of no.

"Acquaintance, Qiqi?" Zhong Chenglin asked.

Shen Xi was a little at a loss, he just heard a name, but he didn't know whether he should stand or sit, and where to put his hands.He got up and went out in a panic, his mind was like a mess.

Shen Qi kept saying the name silently in his mind. Zhou Jingtang took it apart and disassembled it, and read it together again. He wanted to say it, but found that he couldn't make a sound.

Shen Xi walked in the corridor blankly.

"Qiqi!"

"Qiqi!"

It was Xu Dongcheng's voice.

Shen Qi turned around blankly in response, and saw Xu Dongcheng's face.

Xu Dongcheng said: "Why shouldn't you be told? You child, come and let me introduce you."

Xu Dongcheng stepped aside a little, his vision suddenly opened up, and Shen Qi raised his eyes and saw a strange yet familiar face.

"Hengyi's Mr. Zhou is about the same age as you."